Epiphone SG E1 Electric Bass Cherry

Nice medium level bass for my son.Had a slight fret buzz but after a quick setup it was gone.

I bought my first EB-O in 2016. I still have it today, and it sounds awesome with the same short-scale flat-wound strings I put on it back then. I also changed the bridge with a Hipshot replacement for a more solid sound and easier string changing (which I still haven't done). Now then, one review writer mentioned that having a drop-D on this bass doesn't sound quite right. I agree. I miss the B-string as I am mostly a five-string player and use the B a lot, soooo, In 2021, bought another EB-O and put B-E-A-D flat-wound strings on it. The results were amazing. I still have good tone and voice on the B-string. I don't use the G-string all that much, so I got the best of both worlds on a short scale bass. It might be the answer to the other bassist's preferences. It might be worth a try. Worked very well for me. The only thing now is, I wonder if I could find an 8-string version.

I'm not a pro musician or anything like that, I just like playing bass when I have the time. This bass is very easy to play, and sounds and looks great. No buyer's remorse here. But I'm mostly writing this review because I was really impressed with Guitar Center's service. The bass shipped out of Illinois - I think it was Villa Park. It was listed in 'Great Condition' and it was. In fact it could have been listed as 'Like New' and I wouldn't have argued. It was set up great - not the strings so much, probably because they know that new strings are pretty much a given for most customers, but the intonation and action were excellent and about right for the Dunlop nickels I put on. Also, the shipping was speedy: I ordered the bass late in the day on Thursday and it went out UPS by late Friday morning. When it arrived I noticed the packaging was also excellent: Sturdy box and lots of bubble wrap. And like I said the bass is great - fun to play, I like the sound, and it looks beautiful. So thanks, GC! You came through.

Overall I think this bass performs well. It has slim D shape neck, all mahagony with a rosewood fingerboard and one Mudbucker pickup up against the neck. Short scale. It was neck and neck between my choice of a squier 70's jazz bass and this bass. If you like the treble of two pickups than this bass may not be for you. If you mess with the tone you can get certain tones outside of the Cream or Mountain tone folks talk about. With flatwounds a pick and overdrive you can get the same tone Felix Pappalardi used as well as the Jack Bruce tone with your fingers. I think the best strings on this are aged roundwounds. You can also get a variety of sounds if you use a pick and mess with the amps controls. It's slightly neck heavy but most basses are. Like I said before you don't get much tonal variety form this it sits wide in the mix. This one was made in Indonesia. Definately an interesting reincarnation of a bygone era of bass playing. It's getting rare I reccomend you try it for yourself it's VERY bassy on certain settings.

Love it, it has a nice deep resonant bass sound like like the Animals We gotta get outa this place. It`s a niche you can`t quite get with other basses.

This Epiphone plays wonderful, right out of The Guitar Center. Normally I do a little work on the frets etc to get it "just right", not this one! I did lots of research and took back two other basses. This one's the keeper.